Part 1: Driving to Texas.

(January 4th, 2015) Well..our adventure to Germany started today. This morning, after a restless night, we got up, loaded the car, got the kids up and hung out with my parents.  By 7 am, we tearfully said goodbye. I had no idea it would be this hard. My kids deserve to grow up with their grandparents. :( but we said good bye and my mom and I cried.  I hope nothing serious happens while I am gone. So we left and headed for Texas.
  My last day in Kansas started with a gorgeous pink and purple sunrise.  Then we stopped just south of Wichita to eat at McDonald's for breakfast. Hyrum saw a man coming in with a hooded sweatshirt. Hyrum said "Granpa! Granpa!" and waved. Then when he realized it wasn't his grandfather he slowly stopped waving and his smiley was replaced by a sad and disappointed face. It was so sad! The McDonald's took forever to get our food ready. Blah. Then we left and went to a drive thru to order ice cream for Hyrum and found out they were still cleaning the ice cream machine.  Understandable. Who orders some ice cream close to 10 am??
 We arrived the toll. Then got to Oklahoma. This is my first time in Oklahoma.  I gave lived in KS for 16 years and have never been to Oklahoma. Pretty soon,  Hyrum reminded us that we promised him some ice cream. We made a wrong turn in Oklahoma and finally after 15 mins, found some. We ate ice cream while driving through Oklahoma City. Then in Normal we ate at Chick-fil-A.

(Continued writing to today April 16, 2015) The people in Oklahoma were so friendly! A lady opened the door for me while I was hauling all the kids inside. Then a boy did too. It was so nice to see a young boy opening doors for people without asking! Folks, everywhere you go on a road trip, always stop at Chick-Fil-A. They ALWAYS have a playground for kids and they are the most kid friendly fast food place I have ever been to. I miss it already.

Then we continued on our drive to Texas. For starters, we've noticed LOTS of trucks in Texas. And crazy drivers. And the confusing way you drive around. We took a lot of wrong turns in Texas because it just wasn't easy to maneuver. Like the U-Turn. It's not a left turn. It's REALLY a U-Turn. So make sure you're on the right side on the left side to make sure you're not too far left in case it's a U-turn. There are streets that run along the freeway. It was so different and weird. And there was a crazy traffic!

We got to our hotel by the time the kids were screaming and just done for the day. We decided to try double beds and see what happened. It was a very small hotel room, and with Tigger, we were tight. But at least we had a TV, the beds and the place to stay. Double beds are like full beds, but two of them. So two people can sleep in one bed and the other two people on another bed. Hyrum had his own bed and Eric and I slept on another. It saves you a lot of money to book double beds instead of queens, but I don't know if the rooms run smaller with doubles or not since it was our only experience.

That's it for Part 1.

Welcome to Germany!!!!

Hallo! I am going to start taking pictures of Germany, our traveling and such here. I am so excited to share my experiences with Germany! I hope this blog will help anyone who will live or travel to Germany someday. It's definitely a different world!